China’s Pan Zhanle won a decisive victory in the men’s 100 freestyle on Wednesday, beating the rest of the field at the Olympic Games in Paris by a full second and setting a new world record — and immediately threw shade at two of his competitors, Kyle Chalmers (AUS) and Jack Alexy (USA).
Pan finished the race in 46.40, knocking 0.4 off his previous world record time set earlier this year and the world championships in Doha, Qatar: “Today I finally beat them all. In such a challenging pool, I broke the world record. This is a tremendous performance and a great start for team China.”
But a short time after the race, he told reporters that some of the other swimmers had been less than friendly towards him.
“When I finished the 4×100 freestyle relay the other day, I said ‘hi’ to Chalmers, but he totally ignored me. Also [Jack] Alexy from the U.S. When we were training, our…
